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You don't need attention to write. All you need is passion for your work and an overwhelming desire to tell a story you genuinely care about. Readers can sense your sincerity and it separates you from pretenders.

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"The challenge is always to write characters who are believable, even when readers disagree with them."

Everything Good Will Come (2005)

People don’t fear the wind until it fells a tree. Then, they say it’s too much.

Sefi Atta (2012)

"Lagos is endlessly fascinating because it is always changing, yet somehow it remains the same city."

Everything Good Will Come (2005)

"Memory is unreliable, but fiction allows us to search for emotional truths beyond facts."

Everything Good Will Come (2005)

"I don't write to represent Nigeria. I write stories about people whose lives happen to unfold there."

Everything Good Will Come (2005)

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